Flakes Lyrics by Frank Zappa

Flakes

Frank zappa [lead guitar, vocals]
Adrian belew [rhythm guitar, vocals]
Tommy mars [keyboards, vocals]
Peter wolf [keyboards]
Patrick ohearn [bass, vocals]
Terry bozzio [drums, vocals]
Ed mann [percussion, vocals]
Napoleon murphy brock [background vocals]
Andre lewis [background vocals]
Randy thornton [background vocals]
Davey moire [background vocals]

Flakes! flakes!
Flakes! flakes!
They dont do no good
They never be workin
When they oughta should
They waste your time
Theyre wastin mine
Californias got the most of them
Boy, they got a host of them

Swear tgod they got the most
At every business on the coast
Swear tgod they got the most
At every business on the coast
They got the flakes

Flakes! flakes!

They cant fix yer brakes
You ask em, "wheres my motor? "
"well, it was eaten by snakes..."
You can stab n shoot n spit
But they wont be fixin it
Theyre lyin an lazy
They can be drivin you crazy

Swear tgod they got the most
At every business on the coast
Swear tgod they got the most
At every business on the coast
Take it away, bob...

I asked as nice as I could
If my job would
Somehow be finished by friday
Well, them whole damn weekend
Came n went, frankie
Wanna buy some mandies, bob?
n they didnt do nothin
But they charged me double for sunday

You know, no matter what you do,
They gonna cheat n rob you
Then theyll send you a bill
Thatll get your senses reelin
And if you do not pay
They got computer collectors
Thatll get you so crazy
til your headll go through th ceilin
Yes it will!

Im a moron, n this is my wife
Shes frosting a cake
With a paper knife
All what we got heres
American made
Its a little bit cheesey,
But its nicely displayed
Well we dont get excited when it
Crumbles n breaks
We just get on the phone
And call up some flakes
They rush on over
n wreck it some more
n we are so dumb
Theyre linin up at our door
Well, the toilet went crazy
Yersterday afternoon
The plumber he says
Never flush a tampoon!
This great information
Cost me half a weeks pay
And the toilet blew up
Later on the next day-ay-eee-ay
Blew up the next day
Woo-ooo

We are millions n millions,
Were coming to get you
Were protected by unions
So dont let it upset you
Cant escape the conclusion
Its probably gods will
That civilization
Will grind to a standstill
And we are the people
Who will make it all happen
While yer children is sleepin,
Yer puppy is crappin
You might call us flakes
Or something else you might coin us
But we know youre so greedy
That youll probably join us

Were coming to get you, were coming to get you
Were coming to get you, were coming to get you
Were coming to get you, were coming to get you
Were coming to get you, were coming to get you...